Smoking ban on Thai beaches

#THAILAND is imposing a smoking ban on some 20 popular #beaches across the country as part of the country’s sustainable tourism plan efforts. The ban comes into effect in November 2017.

While the #smokingban covers the beaches themselves, officials say there will be designated smoking areas provided inland with refuse containers for the disposal of cigarette butts. Cigarette butts, apparently, are the main reason behind the new smoking ban on Thai beaches.  

Thailand’s Department of Marine And Coastal Resources says it has had to retrieve tens of thousands of butts from the sands of beaches, with this accounting for a large amount of all rubbish collected. A department official said up to 138,000 butts had been collected from just one particular beach – a 2.5 km stretch of Phuket’s popular Patong Beach. 

Come November, the new smoking ban on Thai beaches that has been making Thai tourism news recently will carry a fine of up to 100,000 Baht or a year in prison. Far better, it will be, to head to the designated smoking areas for a cigarette.

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